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Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports  – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.
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Sports in America

Sports in America explores stories that shape athletes and fans alike. Each week, David Greene hosts in-depth conversations with people across the world of sports – from the star who hits the game winner to the millions of us whose lives are touched by the game.

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A U.S. Coast Guard aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter rescue a man from a sailboat approximately 200 miles southeast of New Jersey, April 10, 2020. 
(Screenshot from a U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Elizabeth City)
Down the Shore
Military
New Jersey

Coast Guard makes daring nighttime rescue in rough seas off N.J.

A man was rescued Friday evening after an electrical fire sparked on a sailboat about 200 miles southeast of Cape May, authorities said. 

6 years ago

(Jana Shea/WHYY)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

NWS: Widespread power outages likely at the Jersey Shore amid Monday windstorm

Widespread power outages are likely Monday amid a windstorm that could generate wind gusts to 70 mph, forecasters warn. 

6 years ago

The Delaware Historical Society wants your stories for its
Delaware
History

Delaware Historical Society wants people to share stories for ‘COVID Chronicles’

Files can be uploaded to the society’s website in text, audio, video or other forms. Selected recollections will be shared via social media.

6 years ago

(Courtesy of Lauren Ingeno)
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

How a Philly toddler’s note about a cat turned strangers into neighbors

Silver lining to the coronavirus pandemic: Everyone’s in it together.

6 years ago

A woman wearing a surgical mask makes her way past a mural on the west side of the Save-A-Lot store at 22nd and Lehigh. (Michael Bryant/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Health

Inequality made the perfect storm for a pandemic. North Philly is fighting back.

First, preschool director Michele Ayala and her teachers delivered tablet computers with six months of free internet access to the homes ...

6 years ago

Philadelphia Art Museum
Economic Development
Philadelphia

New Philly artist relief fund launched, as city releases $2M in aid to local nonprofits

Three weeks after announcing the PHL COVID-19 Fund, the city has released $2 million to frontline nonprofits.

6 years ago

Planet Fitness
Business
Sports
Billy Penn

Some Philly gyms delay membership freeze, causing customer outrage

If you tried to cancel and you’re still being charged, you’re legally owed a refund.

6 years ago

( a_mikos/BigStock)
Community Events
Public Health
Religion

‘Still hopeful’: For Easter, Philly churches are coming together for virtual communion

Philadelphia churches have had three weeks to build their online chops for Holy Week, the biggest week of their calendar, during a pandemic.

6 years ago

Listen 3:13
A large tree fell on a home in Neptune Township on April 9. No one was injured. (Courtesy of Neptune Township OEM)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Severe thunderstorms blow through Jersey Shore; 70 mph wind gust in Barnegat Light

Some utility customers at the Jersey Shore were without power Thursday as severe thunderstorms moved through the state, knocking down trees and utility lines.

6 years ago

(Google Maps)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Public Safety

Jersey Shore town temporarily bans on-street parking to limit non-essential travel

A Monmouth County coastal municipality has prohibited on-street parking in an effort "to limit non-essential travel into town," the mayor announced. 

6 years ago

Land for the Boy Scouts' Victory Garden is being prepared for planting at the Akridge Scout Reservation near Dover, Delaware. (Boy Scouts of America, Del-Mar-Va Council)
Delaware
Food & Drink
Public Health

Delaware Boy Scouts offering ‘victory gardens’ to help ease burden

‘Victory gardens’ are making a comeback as part of an effort to help people impacted by coronavirus.

6 years ago

A file photo of clouds associated with a severe thunderstorm passing over the Atlantic Ocean as seen from Seaside Park. (Ben Currie)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Severe thunderstorms possible Thursday at the Jersey Shore

Severe thunderstorms are possible at the Jersey Shore on Thursday, forecasters say.

6 years ago

Chynna's most recent release was in December 2019 ALEX HODOR-LEE / INSTAGRAM
Music
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Hip-hop world mourns Chynna, Philly rapper and model dead at 25

The West Philadelphia native’s cause of death is unconfirmed.

6 years ago

Easter Eggs
Things To Do
April 9 - 15, 2020

More programming from The Roots, Philly Theater online and how to celebrate Easter in the virtual realm

Easter moves online, the Roots have more programming, and Philadelphia's theater community moves onto the web.

6 years ago

Listen 4:09
After employee at the Shop Rite at 24th and Oregon Avenue in South Philadelphia tested positive for the coronavirus, Shop Rite disclosed it on social media. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Economy
Public Health

Grocery workers in Philadelphia are getting coronavirus. Will your store let you know?

One of the few public spaces open during business shutdowns, grocery stores are at an epicenter of disease anxiety.

6 years ago

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